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...forlorn genre, the cornball story-song (In the Ghetto, Levon). Some make a story arc of their performances, like Clarkson, who grew over Season 1 from wallflower to leather-lunged sensation. Others make themselves the narrative. Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino, for instance, had the story of teen baby-mamma who made good and subtly underscored it with performances like the soulful lullaby Summertime. "The stories are really key in connecting to the people they were before Idol," says host Ryan Seacrest. "You say, 'Hey, she used to work in a bank! I work in a bank. I can relate...
...band onstage throughout. Between them, in thickest Jamaican patois and the merest whiff of ganja smoke, they summon the saucy spirit of the Kingston dancehall one minute, the legend of the outlaw the next. Best of all they rip through glorious renditions of hit after hit. Make room, Mamma Mia! For as sure as the sun will shine, The Harder They Come is gonna get its share...
...Mamma Lizzie" was a farmer who lived her whole life in Tennessee. But the typical American worker right now changes jobs about every four years, and moves more often than people in any other industrialized country - more than 40 million of us pick up and move on every year. So how many jobs will we hold, how many places will we live, how many friends will we make and lose, or never lose because the Facebook generation will follow one another through all their travels and troubles and triumphs? Lizzie was married for half a century; but she was widowed...
...Vegas run, but part of the deal is that the show will tour elsewhere. "After Avenue Q, we all became a little smarter," Halloran explains. In the best of all worlds, a hot Las Vegas run spills over into good buzz for touring shows. The Abba tribute Mamma Mia!, for example, rakes in the "Money, money, money" and has tripled its investment in three years. Its success feeds audiences elsewhere...
...risk out of the equation for us." For a regular tour, he would have faced traveling expenses of $50,000 a week. But success is measured differently in Vegas. "Body count is as important or more important than your gross potential," says Michael Gill, general manager of Vegas' Mamma Mia! Word of mouth for the off-kilter show (Avenue Q features a gaggle of foulmouthed puppets) wasn't enough to fill its 1,200-seat venue, which is 1 1/2 times the size of Avenue Q's Broadway home. Casinos expect shows to draw people into their hotel rooms, gaming...